Welcome
Welcome to eldamar.org.uk, the home page of Alexander Frolkin. Use the links above to navigate around the site. Please let me know if you find that something is broken or missing. You can contact me at avf [at] eldamar.org.uk.
About me
- I am a graduate student in maths. My research interests are in noncommutative algebra, homological algebra, and applications of those to infinite group theory. I also have an interest in algebraic geometry, more specifically, the algebraic and category-theoretic machinery arising from it, although I know very little about it!
- I am the owner of various bits of computer hardware, including Suns, Alphas, and, of course, boring old PCs, running various operating systems including OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Debian GNU/Linux, and even HP OpenVMS (thanks to the OpenVMS Hobbyist Program).
- At various points in time, I have been employed by the Oxford Maths Institute and Jesus College Oxford to do sysadmin-type jobs and fiddle around with various other bits and pieces, mostly on Linux, with OpenBSD for firewalls and routers, and, of course, Windows, which, rather unfortunately, seems to be unavoidable in today's world (although, I hasten to add, I don't run it on any of my machines!).
- I am a member of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics and Christ's College, Cambridge, and I am an alumnus of Merton College, Oxford.
- I am a former publicity officer and president of the Invariants, and former system administration co-ordinator of Compsoc.
- I am currently based in Cambridge, although I've also lived in Oxford, Portsmouth, Toronto, and Moscow at various points in my life.
- I waste lots of time on things like LiveJournal and reading random articles on Wikipedia.
